One day, my kitchen is just fine and the next, it’s buzzing with a gross infestation of fruit flies. I always eye the bananas ...

You've seen them falling from trees or burning up on the sidewalk. Here's when the pests head back underground.

Mosquito dunks stop mosquitoes from being able to breed in standing water. Recently I used dunks to create a “mosquito bucket of doom,” a trap that entices mosquitoes to breed in standing water that ...

There are several strategies you can try once you detect the presence of a squash vine borer in your plant. First of all, you ...

It's getting warmer out there, and rain is common in the spring, so it's time to look out for several species of mosquito in ...

Egg masses are black, laid on small branches of host trees the previous year, and the egg mass rings around the branch.

The larvae feed inside the leaves and then drop into the soil to pupate. The adults are small flies that lay eggs on the plants. Solution: Use row covers and crop rotation, and be sure to remove ...

Let some suckers grow and have a multi-trunked plant over time. How does it bloom on the older wood? Q:  Am I being too brave ...

No Mow May allows native plants to recover and provide ecosystem support for other plants, pollinators and nature ...

as maggots leave the fruit and pupate for about a week before they emerge as a fly. “So you can get the economic species,” says Hardie, “but they won’t usually reinfest anything in the bowl.

We found this interesting creature while walking on Dogs Bay, Connemara. Any idea what it could be? Roisin Valverde, Dublin 8 ...

In 14 to 21 days, they pupate. Pupae are also spined and inherit the same debris carried by the larvae. In seven to 14 days, adult beetles emerge. July is the time to look for them. The innocent ...